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BHBIRochester.org Published Monthly Vol 42/No 3 Kislev/Tevet 5768 December 2007 Editor: Stan Schaffer |
Congregation
Beth Hamedresh – Beth Israel B U L L E T I N |
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December
President’s Message Friends, Thanksgiving
may be over, but Hanukkah is now on the way! We start the holiday with the lighting of the first candle
on Tuesday night, December 4th. Our BHBI Hanukkah celebration and dinner will take place
Saturday, December 8th.
Starting with a get together at 6 pm, we will light our menorahs at
6:30 pm (bring your own menorah and candles from home!) and then have a
traditional dairy dinner at 7 pm including latkes and blintzes. The committee organizing our Hanukkah
celebration has been busy preparing games and entertainment for all, so be
sure to come! Reservations were
due by November 30, but a few last minute reservations may be accommodated if
we hear from you in the next day or two. I am
happy to announce that Janet Grable was the winner of our BHBI bake off, held
in conjunction with the Rochester “Great Jewish Community Bake-Off.” Janet went on to represent BHBI in
the community wide contest, but unfortunately was not chosen as the overall
Rochester winner (no accounting for taste!). Anyone who missed her fantastic “Beehive Honey Cake” can
have a second chance to see it and taste it at the Chanukah party. On
behalf of my family, I wish to thank all of you who joined with us to
celebrate our son Jack’s bar mitzvah last month, and to thank you for all
your good wishes. Celebrations
are only possible with good people to celebrate with. We feel it has truly been a blessing
to have joined the BHBI family and to have been able to share such a happy
occasion with you. Needless to
say we are very proud of the great job Jack did and look forward to his
enhanced participation, and future jokes, as he now continues as an adult
member of our congregation. In
response to my last month’s appeal concerning a new High Holiday bimah cover,
several of our congregants graciously responded with offers to fill the
need. After discussions with the
interested parties, we have decided to go forward with an offer from Joseph
Yudelson who will dedicate the new bimah cover in memory of his late wife
Tanya, z”l. I wish to thank all
those who generously offered their help – it is indeed gratifying to
know that when a special need arises, we can count on our members to step
forward. We will all look
forward to a beautiful new bimah cover for our next High Holiday season. See
you in shul, Steve
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See you at the Hanukkah Celebration and Dinner on
December 8th! Send in your reservations ASAP! See page 2 for more details. |
BHBI CALENDAR OF EVENTS – December 2007
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Saturday |
Dec 1 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services
Torah: Vayeishev |
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Sunday |
Dec 2 |
9:00 AM |
Service, Breakfast, Discussion |
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Friday |
Dec 7 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Services Light candles at 4:16 PM. |
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Saturday |
Dec 8 |
9:30 AM 6:00 PM |
Shabbat Morning Services
Blessing of the new month
Torah:
Miketz Hanukkah Celebration and Dinner |
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Sunday |
Dec 9 |
9:00 AM |
Service and Discussion |
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Monday |
Dec 10 |
7:30 PM |
BHBI Board Meeting |
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Wednesday |
Dec 12 |
7:30 PM |
Small Shul Collaborative Joint Torah Study Session at BHBI |
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Friday |
Dec 14 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Services Light candles at 4:17 PM. |
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Saturday |
Dec 15 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services
Torah: Vayigash
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Sunday |
Dec 16 |
9:00 AM |
Service and Discussion |
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Friday |
Dec 21 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Services Light candles at 4:19 PM. |
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Saturday |
Dec 22 |
9:30 AM |
Joint Shabbat Morning Services with Congregants from Temple Beth Am at BHBI Torah: Vayechi |
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Sunday |
Dec 23 |
9:00 AM |
Service and Discussion |
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Friday |
Dec 28 |
8:00 PM |
Shabbat Evening Services Light candles at 4:24 PM. |
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Saturday |
Dec 29 |
9:30 AM |
Shabbat Morning Services Torah: Shemot |
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Sunday |
Dec 30 |
9:00 AM |
Service and Discussion |
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DEC. 8TH CHANUKAH CELEBRATION AND DINNER
RESERVATION FORM
Price: $10/adults - $6/children under 12
To help us plan, please make your reservation on or before Friday
November 30th. Clip and return ASAP!
Enclosed is payment: ____
adults @ $10 each
= $ ______ & ____ children @ $6 each =
$ ______
(Family max is $35)
Total = $ ______
Your Name(s): ________________________________________________________
Make checks out to BHBI and mail them to: BHBI, 1369 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14610.
THANK YOU TO OUR KIDDUSH
SPONSORS
FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER
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November 3 |
The Congregation |
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November 10 |
Ruth and Steve Teitel in honor of Jack’s bar
mitzvah |
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November 17 |
Janet Grable in honor of congregants with
September – November birthdays and anniversaries and the 18th
anniversary of her employment at Marshall’s and by Ruth and Steve Teitel in
memory of Steve’s mother, Eleanor Teitel |
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November 24 |
The Congregation |
TO OUR DONORS -- THANK YOU FOR
YOUR GENEROSITY!
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GENERAL FUND
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TORAH STUDY
Join
friends from BHBI, Temple Beth Am and Temple Beth David for an interesting
evening of Torah Study at BHBI at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12th. Don’t forget to bring along your
menorahs too! We will be lighting
Hanukkah candles when we meet.
So far our TOPS
Gift Card fundraiser has been quite successful. Remember,
TOPS Gift Cards are now available through BHBI in $50
denominations.
To purchase TOPS
Gift Cards, contact Stan Schaffer
at 473-8072 or by e-mail at the_schaffers@juno.com
DO YOU HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE
UNAFFILIATED?
Tell them about BHBI and let them know that BHBI is
Rochester’s friendliest shul! Then
invite them to attend our services – they will be sure to get a wonderful
welcome. We would also be happy to
add them to our bulletin distribution list.
AMAZON.COM
Now that Hanukkah is almost here why not do you gift
shopping on-line at Amazon.com.
The next time that you want to buy something from
Amazon.com go to the BHBI web page at www.BHBIRochester.org and click on the
Amazon.com link. Each time you
make a purchase after linking to Amazon.com from our web page, BHBI gets a
percentage of the purchase. Buy
gifts or something for yourself and support BHBI at the same time!!
PLEASE VISIT OR CALL OUR
ELDERLY MEMBERS!
Many of
our elderly members are no longer able to come to shul and would love to hear
from their BHBI friends. Please
call or visit them. They’d love to
hear from you!
EVENTS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
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The
JCC invites youth ages 8 to 14 to participate in Youth Night at the JCC from 6
to 8:30 pm on Saturday, December 1st. Kids are invited to play soccer, basketball, and table
tennis, and use the play-gym, virtual gym, cardio room, swimming pool and
more. Cost $10 for members, $15
for non-members. Register at the JCC or on-line at www.jccrochester.org
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Sunday,
December 2nd is the Jewish Community Federation’s Super Sunday. Please be generous when a Super Sunday
volunteer calls.
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Temple
Beth David is hosting a free concert in memory of Rabbi Skopitz from 3 to 5 pm
on Sunday, December 2nd.
Scheduled performers include: Cantor Sam Asher, Rabbi Shaya Kilimnick,
Rabbi Michael Herzbrun, Yiddush vocalist Bonnie Abrams, RPO cellist Don Reinfeld,
jazz pianist and vocalist Jonathan Feldman, and the 12 Corners Klezmer
Band. Everyone is welcome.
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Come
and Build-a-Bear at the Summit on Wednesday, December 5th from 3:30
to 5:15 pm and enjoy Hanukkah songs, games and snacks. Design your very own teddy bear and tee
shirt! Please RSVP to the Jewish
Community Federation by November 30th.
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Celebrate
Hanukkah with residents of Wolk Manor on Thursday, December 6th from
3:30 to 5:15 pm. There will be crafts, a sing-along and food. As a tzedakah
project, make menorahs with the residents. Please RSVP to the Jewish Community Federation by December 3rd.
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Everyone
is invited to attend a Hanukkah dinner at Hillel Community Day School on
Thursday, December 6th from 5:30 to 7 pm. Advance reservations are
required by November 29th.
For information and reservations, call HCDS at 271-6877.
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The
Jewish Community Federation, JERNY and area religious schools are sponsoring
the Hanukkah Project to collect gifts of winter clothes and accessories for
those who are less fortunate. All
gifts should be new and unwrapped.
They may be dropped off at the Jewish Community Federation, Temple Beth
David, Temple Beth El, Temple B’rith Kodesh or Temple Sinai through December 12th. All donations will be distributed by
Jewish Family Service.
SHOW THE BHBI SPIRIT!
Just make a contribution of $18
or more to BHBI by the end of Hanukkah to get your very own
Bee-H-Bee-I tee shirt
YAHRZEITS
At the following Shabbat Services, we will read the
names of our late loved ones whose Yahrzeits will occur on that Shabbat or
during the following week.
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Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 |
Kislev |
December 14 - 15 |
Tevet |
December 21 - 22 |
Tevet |
December 28 - 29 |
Tevet |
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Ernst Beutler Ida Taub Ida Bobb Sarah Hoffman* Hyman Snider* Michael Miller* |
21 22 24 25 25 27 |
Barbara Bertman* Sigmund Traub* Miriam Jossem* David Goodman* Selma Kauffman Lansky* William Silverman* Maurice Bloom* Manuel Miller* Sadie Aberman* Sol Lazarus* |
6 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 12 |
Fannie Osband* Celia Suskind* Dora Rogovin* Nathan Garver Dorothy Lapides Henry Orbach Fannie Sablowsky* Philip Sanzel* Joseph Schiff* Hannah Senzel* Louis Bernstein* Carl Kleinstein* Rose Needler* Estelle Hirsch* Shie Schnidman* |
13 14 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 |
Anna Buff* Benjamin Dvorkin* Goldie Simon* Leah Keyfetz* Joseph Morris * Esther Sanzel* Samuel Meilstein* * Denotes name memorialized
on BHBI Memorial Plaque |
21 21 23 24 24 24 26 |
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December 7 - 8 |
Kislev - Tevet |
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Emma Aranow* Karen Cohen Rose Marcus Morris Kanthor* Morton Fink* Belle Lipsky Abraham Weinstein* Abraham Stolnitz* |
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We pray that our mourners will be comforted among all
the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem and that the memory of the deceased
continues to be a blessing to all who knew them.
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OFFICE: The shul office is checked regularly
for mail and messages. The shul
phone is 244-2060. For urgent
issues, call Steve Teitel at 473-5741 or Stan Schaffer at 473-8072. You can also e-mail us at
BHBI@frontiernet.net
WANT TO REMEMBER OR HONOR SOMEONE OR A SPECIAL
OCCASION?
Consider sponsoring a kiddush or make a donation to any one of our funds (General Operating, Kiddush, Library, Torah, Rabbi Aaron Solomon Scholarship, Our Youth, Special Events, or the Sam Malina Memorial Fund) please indicate which fund you would like your donation to go to and we will send out an acknowledgement card as you indicate and print an announcement in this bulletin.
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Congregation Beth Hamedresh-Beth Israel
1369 East Avenue
Rochester, NY
14610